THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



IMMIGRATION 



The large number of immigrants into Cuba, 

 ^•ia the port of Santiago de Cuba from Hayti 

 and Jamaica, is causing some concern, as it 

 is thought that so large a number of laborers 

 will have a tendency to decrease the wage of 

 the Cuban laborer. 



HEALTHFUL CUBA 



It is iinnounced by the Cuban Department 

 of Health, after an exhaustive study of the 

 statistics of Cuba, that Cuba has the most 

 reduced mortality of any country and, there- 

 fore, Cul^a is the healthiest country in the 

 world. 



OLYMPIC GAMES 



The proposal has been made to hold the 

 Olympic Games in 1920 at Havana, Cuba. 

 Promoters of the project are endeavoring to 

 interest the Cuban authorities in the matter. 

 A preliminary' appropriation of at least $25,- 

 000 will be necessarv. 



GUANABACOA HOSPITAL 



The project of estabUshing a hospital for 

 lepers at Guanabacoa has been definitely 

 abandoned, as the inhabitants of Guana- 

 bacoa were strongly opposed to the plan and 

 made every effort to prevent its being carried 

 out. 



ART EXPOSITION 



An exposition of painting, sculpture and 

 architecture, organized by the National 

 Academj- of Arts and Letters, has been opened 

 in Havana, and contains paintings, sculp- 

 ture, and various architectural plans, all the 

 work fif Cuban artists. 



M ARIEL 



8r. B. Aroaz has been appointed adminis- 

 trator of the new Custom House at the Port 

 of Mariel. 



NEW CONSULS 



Sr. Eniilio M. Fernandez has been ap- 

 pointed consul of Costa Rica in Havana and 

 Mr. Samuel LeRo> Lato has been appointed 

 United States consul at Cienfuegos. 



COLORir G MATTER IN FRUIT PRODUCTS 



The Cuban CJovernment has issued a de- 

 cree prohi})iting the use of coloring matter 

 in anj' fruit product. 



OPIUM 



An energetic campaign of investigation 

 has been started as to the importation of 

 opium, and it has been recommended that a 

 stringent law he passed forbidding the im- 

 portation of the drug absolutely, except for 

 use in drug stores, and that the sale of opium 

 by drug stores be carefully restricted. 



AVIATION SCHOOL 



It is proposed by the General Staff of the 

 Cuban Army to form a school of aviation in 

 which army aviators could be trained and 

 properh' equipped for their duties to assist th^ 

 armv in case of war. 



ARMY SUPPLY 



The Cuban Government is negotiating 

 with the United States for the purchsae of a 

 large amount of supplies for the Cuban army. 

 The material needed comprises knapsacks, 

 tinned meats, canteens and other war ma- 

 terial. 



CUBAN PAVILION 



It is reported that Cuba will present to the 

 United States Army the Cuban Pavilion, 

 completely fm-nished, which was built for 

 the Panama-Pacific Exposition. 



MEXICO 



Cuba has recognized the government of 

 Venustiano Carranza, but for the present no 

 minister from Cuba will be named. 



TREATY WITH CHINA 



The Chinese Minister to Cuba has brought 

 to the attention of the Department of State 

 the desire of the Government of the Chinese 

 Republic to arrange a treaty with Cuba with 

 the object of establishing closer commercial 

 relations between the two countries. 



